can you remember the kinds of flowers your mother used to palnt or sow?

Nasturtiums. She planted them along the driveway. I have some still blooming now on my patio. They are one of my favorite flowers. When I look at them I think of her.

Marigolds and Castor Beans. Marigolds have an unpleasant aroma, and it is said they keep the mosquitoes away. Mom had them all around our house, but we still got bit. The Castor Bean plant was beautiful They resembled a palm. She planted them on the back side of the house because they grew to the top of the roof, and provided shade from the sun. I don't believe you can find them any longer. They are poisonous if consumed. Castor Beans would kill moles in the yard, so people with the problem would put some into a mole tunnel. I planted Castor Beans along my carport for many years, until sometime after the mid 1990s. They could be found at the stores where other packaged seeds were sold, and I was told several years ago, they are no longer available. The ones I had were from seeds my mother saved from her plants.

My mom had a real green thumb & she spent many hours tending to the flowers she planted. They were: Tulips, Daffodils, Bachelor Buttons, Crocuses, Lily of the Valley, Geraniums, Mums, etc. Her rock garden, was adorned with Frog's Tongue, Hen & Chicks, etc. She also planted many rose bushes as well.

Mother always had flags or Irises and I love the smell. she liked the purple color.

Now ,I recently have my own little hovel and was not able to plant this year but next year I will be planting the 'memories'. I plant certain flowers that remind me of a person ..one that they always planted in their yard. Bleeding hearts and peonies for grandma, tulips for Dad. and the rose called The Fourth of July for my son and grandson born in July. and on it goes....

mom used to grow poenys (for luck) in her flower beds along with a variety. She loved roses, geraniums, lilacs, orange blossoms (reminded her of weddings), ferns and bleeding hearts, tulips, mums, snapdragons, daisies, irises, daffodills, hollyhocks, forcythias, begonias, orchids, violets, forget-me-nots, lilly of the valley, and flowering trees. How can I remember all those? because for some reason I've duplicated her efforts. It must be a hereditary thing.

My mother loved Hollyhocks and Petunias. I do too and also like Zinnia's. My dad had a nice vegetable garden every year, we lived in the city on a half acre lot. Poppy

When I was young, my mom would plant Crocuses, Lily of the Valley, and tend her Morning Glories and Four O'Clocks. I can always remember her telling me that the Morning Glories and Four O'Clocks were her toughies,lol, planted the day before she went into labor w/me.

My Mother always planted Zenia's and marigolds. She had a large flower bed of iris. She had dafidols, peonies and tulips. She had 2 bushes of spiaria and a bleading heart.

Mostly gladiolus, some tulips and a few roses. Inside the house, my mom loved African violets, and she had them everywhere. She also had a few spider plants, I hated them, I thought they were ugly, but she loved them. I remember she'd say "look, the spider has a baby!" LOL.

I can't really name a flower she did not plant. Everything she tended flourished and bloomed, even those not intended for the climate conditions where she lived. She was magic!